Hair-waver.



A. KEROFP.

` HAIR WAVER. APPLoATIoN FILED AUG. 27, 1909.

955,271 Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

ALEXANDER KEROFF, LAS ANIMAS, COLORADO.

HAIR-WAVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

Application :filed August 27, 1909. Serial No. 514,943.

To allwhom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER KEROFF, a citizen of the United States,residing at Las Animas, in the county of Bent, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Wavers; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hair wavers and has for itsobject the provision of a device of that kind adapted to be clamped tothe hair of the head in a ready and effective manner.

Another object is the provision of a Waver conforming to the shape of aportion of the human head and so constructed that when once clamped tothe hair no further effort on the part of the operator will be necessaryto maintain the parts in position.

A further object is the provision of a device constructed to producewaves ofv even heights.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully hereinafterappear, the present invention consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointedout in the appended claims; it being understood that various changes inthe form, roportion, size and minor details of the evice may be madewithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of the specification Figure lis a perspective view of the device showing the clamping members thereofin spaced relation. Fig. 2 is a plan view but showing the clampingmembers assembled. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3of Fig. 2 and showing the spaces between the prongs wherein the hair isheld while being waved.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout.

As shown in the drawings, the device consists of two clamping members.What will subsequently be termed the lower of these members isdesignated in general by the numeral 5 and is constructed of a pluralityof spaced prongs 6. These prongs are substantially arch-shaped incontour and are preferably of metal. The prongs may be rectangulary orcircular in cross section as desired and their opposite longitudinalsides converge at one end. The opposite or diverging ends of the prongsterminate in extensions 7 extending vertically upward with theirterminals lying in the planes of the highest points of the prongs. Arectangular shaped plate is designated by the numeral 8 and is providedwith a plurality of spaced openings for the reception of the extremitiesof the extensions 7. This plate 8 unites the prongs and holds the samein spaced relation. The opposite or upper member is designated ingeneral by the numeral 9 and consists of a plurality of prongs 10similar in size and shape to the prongs 6. The diverging ends of theprongs 9 of the upper member terminate in extensions l1, extendingvertically downward. A rectangular shaped plate is designated by i thenumeral 12 and is provided with a plurality of spaced openings for thelower extremities of the extension l1. This plate serves to unite theprongs 10 of the upper member and hold the same in spaced relationsimilar to the plate 8. The spaces between the prongs 6 and l0 areconsiderably greater than the thicknesses of the prongs so that when theprongs of one member are placed between the prongs of the other memberin such position that the prongs will bear one upon the other spaceswill exist for the hair to extend transversely therethrough.

In the use of the device the lower member 5 is placed beneath the hairto be waved in such position that the prongs @will bear on the head andextend longitudinally of the top thereof, that is to say, in a directionfrom the forehead to the back of the head and with the ends carrying thevertical extension 7 over-lying the forehead. When the lower member isso positioned the prongs of the upper member are placed between theprongs of the lower member until the free ends of the latter bear on theplate l1 connecting the ends of the prongs lO. When the parts are sopositioned the free ends of the prongs of the lower member will bear onthe plate S connecting the prongs of the upper member, and it is obviouswhen the parts are so arranged that they will be clamped by theiropposite ends bearing one upon the other. It is to be understood beforethe members are positioned in the hair the latter will be dampened.

It will be seen with a device of this kind, owing to the contour of theclamping members, that the waves produced in the hair will be all of thesame height, for the reason when the prongs are placed one between theother and their free ends bearing upon the plate 12 their opposite sideswill all lie in the same plane, or substantially so.

lhat is claimed as new, is

1. A hair Waver comprising a pair of clamping members, each of saidmembers having a plurality of spaced tapered prongs, each prong havingan extension at its widened end, extending at substantially right-anglesthereto, and a plate to which said extensions are attached, said' plateeX- tending transversely with reference to said prongs and at one end ofsaid member.

2. A hair waver comprising an upper clamping member consisting of aplurality of spaced tapered prongs connected together at one end, alower clamping member consisting of a plurality of spaced tapered prongsarranged to fit between the prongs of the upper member and bear on theopposite end portions of the latter.

3. A hair waver comprising an archshaped clamping member including inits construction a plurality of prongs connected together at one end bya plate, a lower archshaped clamping member including in itsconstruction a plurality of spaced prongs connected together at one endby a plate atlording a bearing surface for the free ends of the prongsof the upper member.

n testimony whereot, I aliix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER KEROFF.

lVitnesses:

J. S. NEEL, N. HEUsYL.

